29 Feb 2016

Biography of Simon Yakubu Arabo

Simon Yakubu Arabo, born 1962, is a member of the Federal
House of Representatives, representing the Kauru Federal Constituency of Kaduna
State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He attended Government College Fadan-Kaje Zankuwa, Kaduna,
where he obtained General Certificate of Education (GCE) in 1981. He proceeded
to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna state, where he studied law and
graduated in the year 1985. He further went to Nigerian Law School and was
called to bar in 1986.

Simon Yakubu Arabo worked with the Kaduna State’s ministry
of Justice as a state counsel and also later engaged in a private practice from
the year 1988 to 2011.

In 2011, Simon Yakubu Arabo was elected into the Federal
House of Representatives, where he represents the Kauru Federal Constituency of Kaduna
State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His legislative
interests is to align the statutes to the current realities. He is also interested
in the area of education and human rights. He targets to achieve effective
representation, attendance of all plenary and committee sittings and effectively execute his constituency project.